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BOSTON -- When you're sitting on the NBA's best record like the Golden State Warriors, you don't have to stress over every single game. Because you usually win, anyway. Stephen Curry scored 37 points on Sunday night, and the Warriors erased a 26-point deficit to beat the Boston Celtics, 106-101. Golden State won for the seventh time in nine tries to improve its league-best record to 46-11. "This was a fun challenge for us," coach Steve Kerr said. "If we lost, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. But we were down, and we came back. I was happy that we showed good poise." Klay Thompson scored 20 for the Warriors, Harrison Barnes had 17 and...

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Left winger Brad Marchand scored his team-high ninth and 10th goals of the season and right winger Loui Eriksson also scored twice, the second...

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